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Definition of Disfavour
1. Noun. The state of being out of favor. "He is in disfavor with the king"
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Specialized synonyms: Wilderness
Derivative terms: Disfavor
2. Verb. Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm. "This rule clearly disadvantages me"
Specialized synonyms: Hamper, Handicap, Hinder, Prejudice
Generic synonyms: Discriminate, Separate, Single Out
Antonyms: Advantage
Derivative terms: Disadvantage, Disfavor
3. Noun. An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group.
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Inclination, Tendency
Specialized synonyms: Doghouse, Reprobation
Definition of Disfavour
1. Noun. The state of being out of favour. ¹
2. Verb. The act of showing lack of favour or antipathy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disfavour
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disfavour
Literary usage of Disfavour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1898)
"In 1644 the disfavour into which Trinity College had fallen with the parliamentary
party compelled Thorndike to retire from his living of Barley, ..."
2. The Bookman (1903)
"... he looks upon the place, its atmosphere, its card playing, and its fondness
for sherry and bitters and Scotch soda, with an eye of stern disfavour. ..."
3. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"... once shew him any disfavour, whose only favour is only in shew. Nor yet that
the heavens great God would not with severe ..."
4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"He tells me that my Lord of Canterbury is a mighty stout man, and a man of a
brave, high spirit, and cares not for this disfavour that ..."
5. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"THE BLACK POPPY : EIGHT REMEDIES. REMARKS ON SLEEP. OPIUM. REMARKS IN disfavour
OF THE POTIONS KNOWN AS "ANODYNES, ..."
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